nine
Largest single digit
Nine is the cardinal number between eight and ten, written as 9 in Arabic numerals and IX in Roman numerals.
It appears throughout culture: a cat has nine lives, the whole nine yards, dressed to the nines.
In baseball, a team fields nine players; in bowling, knocking down nine pins leaves a spare.
Cloud nine suggests blissful happiness.
Single numeric character
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- numeralSymbol denoting quantity
- oddUnusual or not even
- squareRhombus with right angles
cardinal · ordinal · counting · sequence · multiplication · triple · cube · composite
Baseball game segment
- batterUncooked cake mixture
- pitcherPouring vessel or hurler
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
- lineupOrdered list of participants
stretch · rally · pennant · standings · dugout · mound · catcher · umpire
Considers carefully; inspirational figures
- worldsPlanets or spheres
- livesExists or resides
- realmsRuled territories or spheres
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
Greek · cats · afterlife · underworld · cosmic · pantheon · folklore
People who create music
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- instrumentsTools for precise tasks
- stringsThin flexible lines
woodwinds · brass · arrangement · composition · performance · ensemble · parts · voices
Pursuit of divine union
- completionAct of finishing
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
spiritual · cycles · tarot · hermit · divine · sacred · initiation · mastery
digit
Single numeric character
square · cardinal · ordinal · counting · sequence · multiplication · triple · cube · composite · factor
inning
Baseball game segment
lineup · stretch · rally · pennant · standings · dugout · mound · catcher · umpire · shortstop
muses
Considers carefully; inspirational figures
Norse · Greek · cats · afterlife · underworld · cosmic · pantheon · folklore
stitch in time
Proverbial preventative measure
- possessionState of owning
musicians
People who create music
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- instrumentsTools for precise tasks
strings · woodwinds · brass · arrangement · composition · performance · ensemble · parts · voices · score
mysticism
Pursuit of divine union
- completionAct of finishing
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
attainment · spiritual · cycles · tarot · hermit · divine · sacred · initiation · mastery · fulfillment
o'clock
Hour indicator phrase
PM · clock · schedule · morning · evening · shift · punch-in · closing
- nine o'clockSpecific hour designation
- nine livesSupposed feline allotment
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- on cloud nineExtremely elated state
- cloud nineState of extreme elation
- back nineLast half of course
ninth, ninety, nineteen, nineteenth, nineties, nines, ninetieth, ninefold, ninepins